OHSAA football title games schedule set

Van Wert independent sports The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the schedule for next week’s football state championship games at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton. Thursday, December 2, 7 p.m. – Division II Friday, December 3, 10:30 a.m. – Division IVFriday, December 3, 3 p.m. – Division IIIFriday, December 3, […]

Lending a hand…

Students from the Van Wert School at the Goedde have been busy practicing the art of volunteerism by raking leaves around town for those in need of a helping hand. Community service is a key component to the framework of the new School at the Goedde. Photo provided

4-H announces Holiday Light Show times

VW independent/submitted information The Van Wert 4-H Exchange Club would like to invite area residents to the 14th annual Holiday Lights at the Fair. The first show was in 2007 and featured 13 displays and 500 vehicles drove through. This year’s show has over 140 displays and about 4,500 vehicles are expected to drive through. […]

Crestview board to hold special meeting

Van Wert independent news CONVOY — The Crestview Local Schools Board of Education will hold a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday, November 29, in the Board Office. The meeting is described as a work session and board members will go into executive session to discuss the employment of employment or compensation of employees. No […]

Humane Society donation…

Van Wert County Humane Society board member Jeff Hood and Van Wert Middle School students recently collected $450 on behalf of late middle school teacher Anita Zuber. Zuber’s family donated the money to the Van Wert County Humane Society’s capital campaign. Hood thanked the students and said she was a strong supporter of the humane […]

Yost: beware of holiday scam robocalls

VW independent/submitted information COLUMBUS — With the holiday shopping season underway, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is warning consumers that illegal robocallers are trying to ruin Christmas by posing as a legitimate business such as Amazon, Apple or PayPal to steal your money. These scammers call out of the blue and suggest – under the […]

AAA: 2.2 million Ohioans to hit the road

VW independent and submitted information COLUMBUS – Roads are expected to be busy as millions travel for the Thanksgiving holiday. AAA is predicting the highest single-year increase in Thanksgiving travel since 2005 with nearly 2.2 million Ohioans traveling between November 24 and Sunday, November 28. Nearly 90 percent of travelers will drive to their destinations, […]

Brenda Kay Staten

Brenda Kay Staten, 59, passed away peacefully with her family by her side at 4:55 p.m. Monday, November 22, 2021. She was born March 17, 1962 to Gerald and Evelyn Breece and was a 1980 graduate of Van Wert High School. Two years later she married her loving husband of 39 years John E. Staten […]

Steven Michael Mack

Steven Michael Mack, 66, of Van Wert, passed away at 5:41 a.m. Wednesday, November 10, 2021, at his residence. He was born February 4, 1955, in Defiance, the son of Joseph Jonas Mack and Margaret A. (Hasch) Mack, who survive in Defiance. On June 25, 1983, at First United Methodist Church in Van Wert, he […]

Random Thoughts: VW, PC, O-G, OSU-UM

SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor This week’s Random Thoughts center around Van Wert’s football accomplishments, reload vs. rebuild, Port Clinton, Ottawa-Glandorf and Ohio State-Michigan. What a run 23-3, a regional title, the program’s first ever state championship and first title in any team sport, a league co-championship (the first since 1987) and a regional runner-up finish. That’s […]